Be wary of unknown software from the net - research before you buy

This comes from the previous customer files.  When you are seduced by some software that you have never heard of that claims to do things you never thought could be done.  Let those first two clues ....clue you in to that there may be a scam in the works.  Example:  Customer X is looking at software that claims to be able to track and get records of the cell phone records of other people.  On the surface and in reality, this is plain silly, but not to this individual.  Customer X buys the software and immediately has issues installing it.  Customer X calls your friendly neighborhood techguy.  A quick google search on the iPhone reveals that the software is bogus and a scam.  (This is something I thought of immediately, but I wanted to be thorough before I broke the bad news.)  Word to the wise, there is a simple way to determine if some software is bogus or not (for that matter, anything else you want to research).  Simply go to google and type in the name of the suspicious software (or what you want to investigate) and simply add scam at the end of the phrase/name,  ie.  Spy software Elite - scam.  If it is a scam, in almost all instances, the first page of search results will be full of results indicating as such.  When you see that, I strongly advise you to not purchase the software.   Also, if you do fall for this, no, there is pretty much 0% chance you will get your money back.  Try calling your credit card company if you charged it, they may be able to help, unlikely, but maybe.  Calling the police is essentially pointless.  They really do not want or have the time to do anything and if they did, good luck finding the scammers.  Word to the wise.